Originally Posted by chyrece
Over a year ago my then 8 year old daughter and her friend had a loaded gun put to their heads by an 11 year old neighborhood boy. Charges were filed and the kid was found guilty on 8 charges, 2 of which were felonies. Because of his age (I’m assuming) he served only 6 months of probation; go figure. His “family” is notorious for trouble, domestic violence, and instability – so much so that when anything happens where the police are involved, at least one office will always say “oh yeah, we know all about the XXX family”. Anyway, all was quiet until after the boy’s probation was up – at which time the family would do stupid stuff like pull up next to me at a stop light and harass me, or harass my kids when they are outside playing. We ended up moving. Unfortunately for my parents, they still live in the same neighborhood and now the harassment has been directed at them. Most recently, the police showed up at my parent’s house stating that the XXX family’s oldest daughter was bitten by one of my parent’s dogs. Now, mind you, my parent’s dogs are 12 and 13 years old. Supposedly one of them scaled the 6ft privacy fence that is padlocked got out and bit someone and then scaled the fence to get back in the yard. My point is that it didn’t happen – the dogs had been inside the entire evening. When the officer came to check out the complaint, he quickly realized that it was bogus (and yes, he actually made a comment about the XXX family) but said that he still legally had to report it to animal control. My concern is that a civil case will be next, with the dysfunctional family trying to get some sore of financial retribution – they probably see it as a sort of payback for getting their son in trouble. I want this behavior stopped. My parents are almost 70 and they don’t need this sort of bs. What are my options if this continues – we live in PA. Thanks.
